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Hi there, I own a 2007 Toyota Tacoma Prerunner 2WD with 70k miles and the 1grfe engine. Purchased truck recently and it pretty much runs and drives great other than a noticeable [what feels like] wheelspin on initial takeoff. I do not have the ability to actually look outside of the truck while I’m driving to see if the wheel is spinning or not, but I’m pretty confident that it is wheelspin because the truck feels like it skips and stutters from the left rear end specifically, and doesn’t accelerate evenly until the skipping stops. This problem ONLY occurs during initial takeoff from a complete stop, regardless of any weather conditions. Dry, wet, ice, doesn’t matter. It’ll do it. Only time I will not feel this is if I accelerate very slowly. Snail pace. Problem is only felt from the left rear. Right rear feels like it’s tracking correctly. No skipping/studder after the initial take off. Truck also gets really bogged down and pulls on the left side if I drive on wet road through a puddle of any significance. Doesn’t even need to be a large puddle. You know how when you drive through large puddles in your vehicle and you can feel your vehicle want to turn deeper into the puddle, so you have to correct the steering to keep the vehicle straight?Well the left side will do this if I’m driving through even small puddles of water on roadways. Right side won’t want to pull until you get into deeper puddles. Taken truck to 3 trusted shops in my area and each one says they couldn’t find much issue. I honestly just think they didn’t test drive it like I requested. Couldn’t find much information on this problem through the internet. Saw some posts that said it could be generally related to either the diff or transmission, but no specifics.
Additional information: changed all fluids in truck. Every single one. Diff fluid was 1/2 quart low and had very metallic hue. No metallic shavings on magnet, but large accumulation of very fine metal sludge. Replaced with amsoil 80w-90 gear oil rated for limited slip. Transmission fluid was dark, but good. No shavings. Every other fluid checked out. No idea how diff was low. There were no leaks anywhere. Not from the pumpkin or brake shoes or anything.
Appreciate any help and I’m happy to answer any questions or inspect something if it’ll narrow down the issue(s)
Additional information: changed all fluids in truck. Every single one. Diff fluid was 1/2 quart low and had very metallic hue. No metallic shavings on magnet, but large accumulation of very fine metal sludge. Replaced with amsoil 80w-90 gear oil rated for limited slip. Transmission fluid was dark, but good. No shavings. Every other fluid checked out. No idea how diff was low. There were no leaks anywhere. Not from the pumpkin or brake shoes or anything.
Appreciate any help and I’m happy to answer any questions or inspect something if it’ll narrow down the issue(s)